Born in Paris (France) in 1969, artist Reynald Drouhin lives and works in Paris. He studied plastic arts at the Fine Arts School of Paris (DNSAP, 1998), obtained the Hypermedia Multimedia Mastère (ENSBA, 1998), and a Master at the University of Paris 1 (1994).

The artist is currently teaching at the Fine Art School of Rennes and has been a member of the Incident.net group since 1996.

--------------------------[4] no-org.net participated Sept. 1-5 in the Werkleitz 6th Biennale, as part of the "Network of Commons"

"an excerpt of the many and diverse activities and projects that have originated in the past years on the Internet surrounding the debates on intellectual property, the generation of alternative forms of access, communication and knowledge platforms, the production of non-proprietary tools, and the genesis of commons, i.e. activist communities. The intention is not to present an art show of the best projects on the net, but an impression on different projects that operate distributed across the globe and can be read (hypothetically in their entirety of an imagined "Network of Commons") as alternative conceptions to global corporate structures..."

[3] Heara 8 - Comment on Hospitals and Schools, next independent art event of organized in occasion of the publishing of the new issue of (H)earat Shualym - Independent Art Magazine, which will take place on Thursday 11th, November, at the Former Mission and Hadassah Hospital and actual International School, Hanevvim st., Jerusalem, 17:00-24:00

[4] no-org.net participated Sept. 1-5 in the Werkleitz 6th Biennale,as part of the "Network of Commons" "an excerpt of the many and diverse activities and projects that have originated in the past years on the Internet surrounding the debates on intellectual property, the generation of alternative forms of access, communication and knowledge platforms, the production of non-proprietary tools, and the genesis of commons, i.e. activist communities.The intention is not to present an art show of the best projects on the net, but an impression on different projects that operate distributed across the globe and can be read (hypothetically in their entirety of an imagined "Network of Commons") as alternative conceptions to global corporate structures..."

Databases, encyclopedias, indexes, dictionaries, and directories are not merely devices of data organizing, but also mediums for building hierarchical systems. Not only they convey topic specific information but also propagate political and aesthetic ideologies, reflecting background and interests of their producers. "The correct", "the necessary", "the important" or "the secondary" for a user to know, to study, to invest - all those messages embedded into systems of knowledge and sorted according to hierarchy established by their editors. Methods of distribution, managing of contents, the structure, lay a distinct track to control and design of common knowledge, shaping thinking patterns.

The global network, providing a new space for distribution of traditional data-collections, also grants a possibility of their deconstruction, challenging their authority by making use of inherent practices of the Net: decentralization and release of information, castingdoubtupon hierarchies through the new form of data-organization, popularizing of canonical and non-canonical materials, formalizing, aestheticizing and so on.

Current exhibition compiled of nine art projects, each presenting an original approach to the theme, placing in doubt, rethinking the signification, the function and the objectives of data collections on the Net.

Translation/Traduction consists of new media installations and liveperformance simultaneously in Philadelphia and Paris by the Incident.netgroup. The project addresses the theoretical and practical difficulties intranslating meaning from one context to another - from person to person,from one culture to another, from lived to digital experience, and fromany aesthetic system to the very plural public.

The New Forms Festival is an international festival of contemporary media arts and technologies, featuring an Exhibition, a Performance/Events Series, and a Conference consisting of keynote addresses, panel presentations, and workshops. Showcasing emerging new media artists from across Canada and around the world, New Forms focuses on the convergence of arts and technology - providing a unique opportunity for audiences and industry professionals to interact with art forms that utilize cutting-edge media technologies.

The theme for our fourth annual festival is TECHNOGRAPHY, the inscription of culture in technology. Over two weeks, at various venues in and around Vancouver, the Festival will feature more than fifty performances and presentations by North American and international guest speakers, musicians, installation and net artists, performance and video artists, DJs, and dancers.